John Yoo quoted in Times-Herald, October 22, 2012 (Link inactive; go to G:\Law School in the News\News Clips)
John Yoo, a UC Berkeley law professor who worked for the Bush administration and authored memos authorizing the use of harsh interrogation techniques onsuspected terrorists, called Obama’s relief measure “a serious breach of presidential duty” in a recent paper. Such presidential orders are appropriate to protect national security, but not to guide domestic policy, Yoo argued.